Fellows in Action

Meet Franklin Weldon

Frankie started building at a young age, when he’d enlist his friends to help with entrepreneurial schemes. From piecing together a neighborhood cleanup crew in elementary school to rallying an orchestral quartet to play at weddings and events during middle school, he was always finding opportunities to start “businesses” and creating teams to make it happen. This only continued once he got to Morehouse College, where... Read Franklin’s story

Venture for America is…

a fellowship program for recent grads who want to learn how to build a business while making an impact. VFA Fellows get training and join a startup in an emerging US city, where they learn hands-on what it takes to build a company and become a successful entrepreneur.